[Buddha-l] Re: on eating meat

[Jim Peavler]

> Wed 19th October Jim Peavler wrote:
>
>> With no evil intentions at all I cannot help asking any vegetarian who
> keeps carnivorous pets: What is better about supporting the death of
> animals to feed your pets than doing so for your own food? Isn't the
> effect the same?

On Oct 19, 2005, at 6:30 PM, Andrew Skilton wrote:

>
> Your question is completely reasonable.

Thank you for your very reasonable and well-considered answer. I will 
have to admit that my question about karma was phony since the 
classical notion of karma doesn't make much sense to me for humans or 
animals (although I do believe that bad acts usually cause suffering).